The collection contains logbooks,
cargo books, and disbursements records for the ships BESTSEY, MARY, TRUMBULL, AND
CERES, which cover trading voyages from New York and other East Coast ports to various ports
in Europe, the West Indies, and Asia.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.